The Sword & Board series has kicked off. The adventures are just beginning. Dwarven Mine is an aromatic Latakia mixture that won’t leave you with a greasy creosote mouth feel. Despite the elegance of the blend, it is born of different fiery processes. Smoked Orientals (Latakia), steamed Virginia, toasted Burley, and blackened Burley. The next […]
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It’s going to be a fun one. We hope to get Western Trilogy back in stock by the end of week latest. We have Noble Aztec and Chocko Leone debuting tomorrow at 10am CST. Dwarven Mine is scheduled to make appearance Wednesday or Thursday. Moriarty may return this week if we’re lucky. Cheers,Ken
We’re on the app formerly known as Twitter. We’re not sure what we’re going to do yet. For now we’re keeping all real news here on the web site and using X for behind the scenes and work in progress art. I’ve been off social media for years and I am sure it can only
Ever imagine what it would be like to have twelve fingers? Of course you have. The default number system humans use is called base-10 and it works really well without paper because we have 10 fingers. One of the downsides of this numbering system is that it means blending more difficult. When we think in
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We do dark fired differently. Whether it’s our runaway success Spaghetti Western (steamed dark fired), Dark Fired Cherry (changed in the past few years to use steamed dark fired), or Uzumaki (aged dark fired); you’ll find less astringent notes and rough edges than the regular dark fired blend. Looking for something exotic? Mycroft uses unsmoked
A quick refresher on our Virginia + Friends blends.Mycroft: dark grades, turkish orientals, African burleyPeaty Hunt: broken brown flake with peated burleySpaghetti Western: red grades, cavendish dark fired, dark rumOriental Affair: imported reds, turkish orientals, fragranceSamsun and Delilah: old reds, turkish orientals, black cavendish, fragranceMoriarty: mostly black cavendish, lakeland style virginia, fragrance Cheers,Ken
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A quick legend of our Virginia puro offerings.Brown Flek: matured broken flake, comfy, all dayByronic Hiro: stoved red plugDr. Silence: reds, stoved, and dark. fragrant, all dayJupiter Slices: red plugKraken Bar: navy stoved red plugRed Line: reds and darkRoman Legion XO: matured red/orange/bright broken flakeStudy in Scarlet: All RedVan Gogh: matured ready rub/broken flakeZen Garden:
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A quick key of our offerings by Latakia %:Mountains of Madness: 60%, Smooth, Turkish OrientalsEnglish Villain: 40%, Whiskey, All Red, No OrientalQuarter Cask: 40%, Vanilla Bourbon, Balkan OrientalsGoblin City: 10%, More Incense, Prilep OrientalOl’ Claymore: 10%, Broken Flake, No Orientals, Perique Cheers,Ken
A reminder on our current Virginia/perique selections. This is also a notice that Acadian Flek is back in stock. We hope to restock Voodoo Tour soon. Raven’s Eyes are critically low, but will be restocked next week. Cajun Safari will likely be replaced by the final B. Frog’s western series blend since we don’t want
Around Christmas there has traditionally been a “one and done” red Virginia blend by KBV. This year we’ve introduced a non-seasonal red Virginia puro menu item that will stay on until the sources dry up from this Earth. We developed a mixture of old (7+ yrs), very old (14+ yrs), and young (<7 years) grades